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I'll Show You What Cuts
Are, HMP Brixton, acrylic on canvas, Nick Le Mesurier
Commended Award for
Painting. Image: Courtesy of The Koestler Trust
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The first Anne Frank Prison event in
2015 took us to HMP Rye Hill near Rugby.
A privately run Gaol by G4S, mostly
taking longer serving prisoners. Once again we had a very knowledgeable group
of volunteer guides, some of whom had visited concentration camps in Germany
and Eastern Europe.
Equality Officer Mr Craig Jordan
organised the event to great effect, and the closing event was made even more
memorable by our guest speaker and Author Susi Bechhofer, talking about her
personal journey to discover her true identity. The audience asked Susi many
interesting questions about her life, and it was a very revealing and
interesting session.
One prisoner memorably said to Susi –
“You wanted to find out about your past - most of us here, want to forget ours”
Well done to everyone for making this
event such a success - We hope to return to HMP Rye Hill soon
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